Ideas

iSAMS recently made a change to limit the default search results so that it did not always display "P/S - ALL", which we find the most frustrating change. We appreciate that we can change this as we need it, but it doesn't store that as a preferen...

Would be useful to all who have access. Personally I would like to be able to check records for certain or missing information.

There has been a request that the attendance % statistic and the absence heat map on the record should not take general absences or family leave into consideration. This should only consider the sickness type. Is this possible to look at giving th...

This would help staff to keep track of students with low attendance percentages and can take necesssary steps to improve their attendance

Acknowledging the Teaching Manager is being retired, so perhaps an idea for the replacement to not have the same flaw. As per my own usage and an iSAMS Support article: if you are moving students to a different set list and the different set is a ...

We often have events which need the Timetable to be suspended for part of a day, e.g. One year group for the afternoon. We can then use 'spare' teachers to cover lessons.

Currently the communications sent to parents via iSams appear as a long list. It would be good if there was a search function for parents so they could locate emails they've received quickly.

Could we have the "Changes you made may not be saved." message appear when we close a module? Currently I only see it when I refresh a module (when there's unsaved changes), or when I refresh the iSAMS tab in my browser (regardless of if there are...

The approval process for Teaching, Non-Teaching and Prep School general absences differs so we have had to triplicate the reasons. Because the list is not alphabetically sorted (I'm pretty sure they used to be), staff have to trawl through a list ...

When teachers get new classes in September, they look up students' medical conditions, etc., but we'd like a way to make it more obvious when a brand-new medical condition has been added to the child's record - and because it can be very important...